My Honors/College American History students raised the bar of excellence this semester. After finishing a unit on the Great Depression I assigned Metaphor posters as their assessment. They were tasked with creating a metaphor to compare President Hoover and President Roosevelt's approach to ending the depression or a metaphor for Roosevelt's first inaugural address. They created a poster using Google Slides that included their metaphor picture and a description. Here are a few examples of their amazing metaphors: